The two-day National Seminar on Development and Ecological Sustainability: Issues in Emerging India saw active participation from 8 Indian states. The organizer of the seminar was Dr Antoney P U, Professor, Dept of Life Sciences. Many interesting abstracts were presented by the participants and discussions relating to wildlife biology and conservation took place. Also the launch of the Proceedings book containing the abstracts submitted also took place during the seminar.
Thursday 28 March 2019
REPORT ON INVITED TALK BY DR PATTANATHU RAHMAN ORGAINZIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES ON MARCH1, 2019
The department of Life Sciences had organized a talk by Dr Pattanathu Rahman, Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, University of Portsmouth, UK. The topic was “Research and Developments in Biosurfactants and the introduction of synthetic biology to improve Microbial Processes”. He talked about the importance of biosurfactants and the process of scaling up the production of the same. He also spoke about educate the students about economy and the business model. He laid stress on the discovery, patenting and use of novel microorganisms for various biotechnological processes. The talk was followed by question answer rounds, that was highly beneficial to the students.
Report on Study trip to Central Poultry Development and Training Institute, Hesaraghatta, Bangalore Organized by the Dept of Life Sciences on 27 February, 2019.
A study trip was organized on 27 Feb 2019, for the 6 BCZ
class to the central poultry development and training institute, Hesarughatta,
Bangalore as part of the practical syllabus accompanied by Dr Paari and Prof
Ganesh. The Central
Poultry Development Organisation and Training Institute under
Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Department
of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India was formed after
merging and restructuring of the Central Poultry Units located at
Hessaraghatta, Bangalore viz. Central Poultry Training Institute, Central
Poultry Breeding Farm, Central Duck Breeding Farm, Random Sample Poultry
Performance Testing Centre, during June 2003. It is located close to and on the way to Hessaraghatta
lake about 40 kms from Christ University in Bangalore. It was established with an objective of acclimatizing and multiplying the
exotic strains of WLH poultry. The Centre also has a Duck Breeding Farm (CDBF)
with the technical collaboration of Government of United Kingdom for production
and supply of layer and meat type of ducks across the country. Th students
had a fruitful interaction with the Director Dr Mahesh PS and the deputy
director Dr KS Prathap Kumar of the institute who briefed us about the history
of the institute as well its aims and objectives. Dr Prathap Kumar also took
the students to show the demonstration units where the different breeds of
fowls were reared for visitors view. In all, this
visit helped students to gain an insight in the happenings and functioning of
the institute. Practical application of the theoretical knowledge gained in
college was obtained allowing us to get a better grasp of the concepts.
Report on Alumni as resource person for the Moth camp at Ramanagara, Bangalore Rural on 14 and 15, July 2018 by Ladybird consulting
As a part of the extension activities of the Green Army, Rachit Singh, a Green Army Volunteer was invited as a resource person for the Moth Camp event and an interactive session on moths was conducted along with observations on the moth screen. The event was organised by a LLP company called Ladybird consulting. Participants of different age groups were present and around 50+ moth species were observed. Apart from moths, nature studies in the morning were also done where birds, butterflies and plants were observed, small sessions on birdwatching and other wildlife ethics were also discussed.
Report on Research Lab Visit organized by the Dept of Life Sciences for MSc Biotechnology students on March 7 and 8, 2019
The students of 4 semester MSc Biotechnology were taken for a research lab tour by Dr Suma S and Dr Biljo V Joseph to Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum and Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute, Palode in Kerala. The students were taken to different research labs and instrumentation labs in RGCB and JNTBGRI and the scientists briefed them on the mandates of the lab (Infectious diseases biology, Cancer Biology, Micropropagation, Plant Molecular Biology etc) and the uses of the sophisticated instruments.
REPORT ON FOREIGN FACULTY INTERACTION WIH DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES ON MARCH 1, 2019
The department of Life sciences had organized an interactive session with foreign faculty from UK on March 1, 2019. The participants from the foreign Universities included Dr Lynda Partridge, Fellow of Royal Society of Biology, University of Sheffield, UK and Dr Pattanathu Rahman, Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, University of Portsmouth, UK. The event was done in collaboration with British Council. Thefaculty in charge was Dr Sayantan from CHRIST. Ms Miriam Ebenezer, Sr Manager, South India British Council, Chennai also participated in the discussion. The meeting was attended by Dr Anish, Dr Praveen, Dr Mridul, Dr Venkat, Dr Alok, Dr Biljo, Dr Paari, Dr Manikantan, Dr Sayantan from the Department of Life Sciences The meeting mainly focused on the possibilities of collaboration between the institutions which the delegates belonged to and CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore. The delegates also informed the faculty members about the MSc programmes in their University. Ms Miriam informed the faculty members about the role of British Council to facilitate the collaboration. The delegates also had a discussion with Fr Jobi Xavier, HOD, Life Sciences.
REPORT ON FOREIGN FACULTY GUEST LECTURE BY DR LYNDA PARTRIDGE ORGAINZIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES ON MARCH 1, 2019
Monday 18 March 2019
REPORT ON ANNUAL PROJECT EXHIBITION - 2019
The Annual Project Exhibition was organized as a
part of NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY by the
Electronics Club on 1 March 2019, between 10am to 3pm in the Pathway of Main
Campus. The mission behind holding this exhibition is to provide a platform for the final year students to
demonstrate and explain their constructed circuit with model to the visitors of
the stall thereby promoting the learning process with hands-on experience.
The exhibition was organized by the B.Sc. final year students of both PME and CME classes as a part of their VI semester project work under the guidance of the faculty members of the department of Electronics. There were a total of 41 working projects on display during the event. The students demonstrated the working of their projects using a power point presentation and charts to the visitors.
Dr. Surendra Kulkarni, Dean of Science and Dr. George Thomas C, Associate Dean of Science visited the exhibition and encouraged the students by interacting with the students.
The students from other classes visited the
exhibition and interacted with the senior students.This exhibition succeeded in
giving an overview of practical applications in various domains with a special
attention to some of the problemswith social relevance. The event motivated the
first and second year students to take up the project work seriously and more
enthusiastically.
All the faculty members of department of Physics and Electronics were present during the exhibition and provided guidance to the students for the successful execution of the program.
TEAM
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TITLE OF THE PROJECT
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TEAM
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TITLE OF THE PROJECT
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1
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PARKING SLOT AVAILABILITY
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22
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AUTOMATED SERVING TRAY
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2
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ROBOT CLEANER
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23
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BIOMETRIC EVM
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3
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COIN INSERTIONMOBILE
CHARGER
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24
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HUMAN DETECTION ROBOT
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4
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SMART PARKING SYSTEM
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25
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ACCIDENT RESCUE SYSTEM
|
5
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COLOUR SELECTORS
|
26
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PARCEL DELIVERY DRONE
|
6
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AUTOMATIC PET FEEDER
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27
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SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM
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7
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AUTOMATIC SOLAR TRACKER
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28
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CELL PHONE OPERATED ROVER
|
8
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LIFI BASED DATA TRANSMISSION
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29
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SPY ROBOT
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9
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HAND GESTURE CONTROL CAR
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30
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FINGER PRINT HOME SECURITY
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10
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ROBOTIC ARM
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31
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SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM
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11
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GENERAL PURPOSE APPLIANCE CONTROL
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32
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HAND GESTURE ROBOTIC ARM
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12
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DAM AUTOMATION USING ARDUINO
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33
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IOT GARBAGE SENSOR
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13
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SPIDER ROBOT
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34
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SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR
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14
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AUTOMATIC GREEN HOUSE CONTROL
|
35
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AUTOMATED TITRATION
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15
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3 WHEEL HOLONOMIC DRIVE BOT
|
36
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CHILD RESCUE SYSTEM
|
16
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INTERACTIVE COFFEE TABLE
|
37
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AMBIENT AIR MONITOR
|
17
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DOT BOT - PRINTER PEN
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38
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TRACK DISTORTION DETECTOR
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18
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CAPACITIVE TOUCH PIANO
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39
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QUAD COPTER
|
19
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BIONIC ARM
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40
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SMART HOME
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20
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ACCIDENT DETECTOR
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41
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BLUEOOTH CONTROLLED SPY CAR
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21
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HAND GESTURE CONTROLLED ROBOT
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Workshop on MATLAB Organised by Department of Physics and Electronics 2018
The Department of Physics and Electronics had organized a two day workshop on MATLAB in association with Technologics Global Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru (A recognized Institute by Govt of India, by NSDC & Skill India program) on 14-15 December 2018 for B.Sc. (PME and CME) students. About 52 students participated in the workshop. The resource persons from the company conducted both theory and practical sessions. The workshop helped students in understanding the scientific and research applications of the MATLAB software. Students acquired hands on training on Matlab software and other associated software and hardware tools. Certificates were issued directly to students by the company.
Friday 1 March 2019
A Report on Industry Visit to CSIR-NAL
The Department of Physics and Electronics always believes in providing the necessary practical skills to the students along with theoretical knowledge of electronics and to fulfill this objective, the department organizes various programs and activities for the students through its Electronics Club, association of electronics students. The industry visit also aims at giving an exposure of the industrial environment with latest equipments and newest technologies in use to the students.
The department had organized an industry visit for the VI semester B.Sc. CME students to CSIR-NAL on 25 February 2019. A total of 53 students from the VI Sem CME class with two teachers visited CSIR-NAL campus situated on HAL Airport Road, Bengaluru.
The entire visit was guided by Mr. Somanarayanan, Principal Technical officer, KTMD, CSIR-NAL. He gave brief information on the research and development activities of NAL. He took the visiting team to CSMST Wind farm in the same campus and explained the technical details of wind-solar hybrid systems. The team was then taken out to another place, Belur campus situated at about 5km from the NAL main campus. He took the team to Trisonic Wind tunnel area, Acoustic Test facility and described the functioning of each with applications.
It was a fruitful visit to the prestigious R&D organization and Electronics Club wishes to sincerely thank the CHRIST (Deemed to be University) management and the department for providing this opportunity for the students that motivates and enables them to go for higher studies and research in renewable energy sector.
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